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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
BNN| February 28, 2024
MIT's third annual Diversity Summit, held last week at Kresge Auditorium, reflected the growing importance of inclusion at the Institute: From 70 attendees at the...MIT News Office From ACM Careers | February 4, 2013
A new algorithm for message dissemination in decentralized networks is faster than its predecessors but, unlike them, guarantees delivery.
MIT News From ACM Careers | January 9, 2013
To understand the progression of complex diseases such as cancer, scientists have had to tease out the interactions between cells at progressively finer scales—from...MIT News Office From ACM Careers | January 8, 2013
A new design for a P-type transistor, a basic component of all computer chips, boasts a 'carrier mobility' that is twice as fast as previous experimental transistors...MIT News From ACM Careers | January 4, 2013
Since NASA's Curiosity rover made its extraordinary Aug. 6 touchdown on Mars, it has been roving the Martian landscape, returning startling images.MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | October 16, 2012
An MIT team applies technology developed for visual "cloaking" to enable particles to "hide" from passing electrons, which could lead to more efficient thermoelectric...MIT News Office From ACM Careers | October 12, 2012
A new information-theoretical model of human sensory perception and memory sheds light on some peculiarities of the nervous system.MIT News Office From ACM Careers | October 5, 2012
The car-sized Mars rover Curiosity, which landed on the Red Planet last month, is the biggest, most expensive and most ambitious planetary mission in many years...MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | September 19, 2012
As electronic and optical devices get ever faster, terms for ever-smaller increments of time are coming into wider use.MIT News Office From ACM Careers | September 18, 2012
A new system that automatically streamlines database access patterns can make large Web applications up to three times as fast.MIT News Office From ACM Careers | August 31, 2012
Scientists have genetically engineered muscle cells that flex in response to light, which could be used to build highly articulated robots or to test drugs for...MIT News Office From ACM Careers | August 30, 2012
A new programming language for image-processing algorithms yields code that's much shorter and clearer — but also faster.MIT News Office From ACM Careers | August 2, 2012
Computer scientists have finally answered the question of whether whether shared entanglement between the provers in multiprover interactive proof systems weaken...MIT News Office From ACM Careers | July 31, 2012
Scientists have enabled MIT's HAUV robot to navigate and view propellers, complex structures, and underwater environments, with a goal of rivaling divers in speed...MIT News Office From ACM Careers | July 18, 2012
As the team behind MIT's ambitious online learning program gears up to introduce new courses in the fall, it takes stock of its initial experiences.MIT News Office From ACM Careers | July 16, 2012
A semiautonomous safety system developed at MIT monitors a driver's performance and takes control only when the driver's actions are unsafe. MIT News Office From ACM Careers | July 13, 2012
Researchers at MIT working on battery-free monitoring systems have developing a chip that harvests power from light, heat, and vibrations — which could ultimately...MIT News Office From ACM Careers | July 9, 2012